Tuesday

Sep 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM

TO THE EDITOR:

Extra Space Storage at the corner of Pleasant Street and Rt. 53 is seeking permission to expand from 30K square feet to 50K square feet. The proposal includes adding three stories of additional storage units to either side of the building. On the Pleasant Street side, some of the units would be garage-style. Those units and parking spaces would be surrounded by a fence built at the edges of the asphalt.

The area is busy on weekends because many Weymouth residents pass through on their way to Prevites, Linden Ponds, Easter’s, The Range and Derby Street. It can be tricky when traffic is heavy. In part, that’s because of the way egresses are situated on the corner lot where Mary Lou’s News is located, but it is also due to the light cycle. An expanded Extra Space Storage will have three separate egresses each serving as entrances/exits to storage units. Movers using these egresses will surely compound the congestion.

The proposal will be discussed at the Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the McElroy Room in the McCulloch Building at 182 Green Street. Please attend if you share these concerns.

Linda Dougherty

WEYMOUTH

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